Drop and Give Me … Any
“There are the vital signs: heart and respiratory rates and body temperature. Sometimes blood pressure. These are critical in emergencies. If you’ve been stabbed in the chest, paramedics want to know no numbers more than these. But in day-to-day life, the normalcy of those numbers is expected. It doesn’t so much grant you a clean bill of health as indicate that you are not in acute danger. What if you just generally want to know whether you’re on pace to live an average life or longer?” In The Atlantic, James Hamblin reviews some of the very simple ways to measure health, from how fast you walk to whether or not you can do a pushup. The Power of One Push-Up. (I still think two finger typing speed is the ultimate health measurement stat.)